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Ingredient of the Week: Quinoa
I could go on forever about the benefits of quinoa. Before I do that, however, I should probably tell you what it is. Many people have never heard of it …
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“Bunion” Adds Some Sass to BU News
With features such as “‘Comm Ave Runner’ Absent from Campus After Discovering Treadmill” and “Your Friend Albert From High School Now Going by ‘Just Al,’” Kevin Flynn’s Tumblr brainchild The Bunion not …
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2012 MacArthur Fellows Include Four From Boston Area
The MacArthur Foundation was founded in 1970 by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur, who started the foundation to “support people and organizations working for change on a variety of …
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“Local Business” is Good, Stripped Down, and a Little Disappointing
Last year, New Jersey rockers Titus Andronicus played BU Central. It was a great show, one that highlighted the band’s single greatest strength—their ability to combine punk’s anger and speed …
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The Last Debate
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Getting Over Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong was the man–as a cancer survivor and record-breaking champion of seven consecutive Tour de France races, his Lance Armstrong Foundation had raised hundreds of millions of dollars since …
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Stuff Jocks Should Watch
Sports films try to take advantage of all of the film genres, from comedy (Talladega Nights) to drama (Annapolis) to biographical films (Ali). Altogether, these films focus on the struggle …
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A Look at BU Financial Aid
Financial aid matters. It matters to nearly every college student and every parent of a college student in the U.S. Especially at Boston University Very few people can afford a …
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UROP Symposium Features Undergraduate Student Research
“The Heritability of the Longitudinal Arch of the Foot.” “Optogenetic Control of Excitatory Neurons in the Mouse Somatosensory Cortex.” “Double Emulsion Microbubbles: A Targeted Theranostic Approach to Noninvasive Drug Delivery.” …
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Super PACs and Our Campaign Finance Problem
In an increasingly partisan country, one issue threatens both sides and the integrity of the democracy on which America was built. The messy and corrupt realm of campaign finance has been …
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The Price of Pride in National Broadcasting
Andy Borowitz of the New Yorker recently tweeted, “I worry that all the cheap jokes about Romney wanting to kill Big Bird will make people forget that he wants to …
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Center for Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Opens on Campus
Boston University students have heard about it all too much: athletes committing sexual assaults, frats hazing, peeping toms in dorms, assaults in the library, and the Freep’s bad judgement in …
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